Question

Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new  1  in high school.

2 , high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts(選拔賽)for cheerleaders(啦啦隊(duì)隊(duì)員). She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be      3  for her to be selected. Two hours later, the 4   read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart 5   as the list ended without her name. Feeling  6 , she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.

Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was 7  . She moved on to English and history, and was8   to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to  9  math for the time being.

The next day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school    10  . Mrs. Biden wasn’t as 11   as Jenna. “I’m sorry, but we have enough 12   for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then.” Jenna smiled 13  and left. “Why is high school so  14  ?” she sighed.

Later in 15  class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much  16  . By the end of class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she’d continue to try to 17   at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to  18 . High school was just as her mom had said: “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond  19 a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the   20  fish you can be.”

1.                A．processes       B．exercises       C．challenges D．decision

 

2.                A．Therefore       B．Besides         C．Otherwise D．However

 

3.                A．difficult         B．interesting      C．boring    D．easy

 

4.                A．editor          B．judge          C．candidate D．boss

 

5.                A．jumped         B．raced          C．stopped  D．sank

 

6.                A．strange         B．lonely          C．a(chǎn)wful D．happy

 

7.                A．struggling       B．complaining      C．working  D．improving

 

8.                A．a(chǎn)shamed        B．relieved        C．shocked  D．disappointed

 

9.                A．put up         B．give up         C．worry about   D．prepare for

 

10.               A．committee      B．team           C．radio D．newspaper

 

11.               A．enthusiastic     B．realistic        C．sympathetic    D．a(chǎn)rtistic

 

12.               A．speakers       B．writers         C．cheerleaders   D．readers

 

13.               A．widely         B．brightly         C．excitedly  D．weakly

 

14.               A．similar         B．familiar         C．different  D．ordinary

 

15.               A．physics         B．math           C．English    D．history

 

16.               A．pleasure        B．sorrow         C．trouble    D．hope

 

17.               A．fit in           B．get around      C．stay up    D．look out

 

18.               A．swim          B．escape         C．a(chǎn)sk   D．try

 

19.               A．in return for     B．instead of       C．in terms of D．in case of

 

20.               A．slimmest        B．gentlest        C．best  D．smallest

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.C

15.B

16.C

17.A

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文的主要內(nèi)容是，這是一篇記敘文。Jenna以優(yōu)異的成績考上了高中。當(dāng)她來到高中后，感覺很多事情都不順利，甚至自己曾經(jīng)很擅長的數(shù)學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)方面，也出現(xiàn)了很多困難，但是Jenna并沒有放棄，而是不斷的努力嘗試，最終取得了成功。

1.根據(jù)The challenge is to become the best fish you can be.可知這里想說她準(zhǔn)備在高中迎接新的挑戰(zhàn)，challenges挑戰(zhàn)，故選C。

2.根據(jù)high school was different.可知這里表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故選D。

3. 根據(jù)She was competing against very talented girls，故選A，difficult困難的。

4.根據(jù)read a list of the girls for a second tryout，故選B，judge裁判員。

5.根據(jù)as the list ended without her name.故選D，sank下沉。

6.根據(jù)Her heart sank as the list ended without her name.故選C，awful糟糕的。

7.根據(jù)Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student，故選A，struggling 奮斗的。

8.根據(jù)to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects.故選B，relieved寬慰的。

9.這里想表達(dá)她決定暫且不擔(dān)心數(shù)學(xué)了，put up張貼 give up放棄 worry about擔(dān)心 prepare for

準(zhǔn)備，故選C。

10.根據(jù)“I’m sorry, but we have enough writers for the newspaper already.故選D。

11.這里想說Biden老師并不像Jenna一樣熱情，enthusiastic熱情的，故選A。

12.根據(jù)for the newspaper already.故選B，writers作者。

13.根據(jù)“I’m sorry, but we have enough writers for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then.”故選D，weakly無力地。

14.根據(jù)high school was different，故選C。

15.根據(jù)Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much trouble ，故選B，math 數(shù)學(xué)。

16.根據(jù)Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was struggling . She moved on to English and history, and was relieved to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects.故選C。

17.這里想表達(dá)Jenna決定她繼續(xù)來適應(yīng)她的新學(xué)校，fit in適應(yīng)，故選A。

18.根據(jù)As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she’d continue to try to fit in at her new school，故選D。

19.這里想說你會感覺自己是一條小魚在一個(gè)大池塘里，而不是一條大魚在一個(gè)小池塘里，instead of而不是，故選B。

20.這里想說你所面臨的挑戰(zhàn)就是成為池塘里最好的魚，best最好的，故選C。

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